I was listening to 92.9 yesterday on my way home and they had an extended interview with Matt and a bunch of people calling in to wish him well...they temporarily renamed the station from Dave FM to Matt FM. To non-Atlantans, this is a contemporary rock station (I think of it as the Dave Matthews station), not sports talk. They do broadcast Falcons games though. Jeff Van Note who did most of the interviewing kept repeating how many of the callers were female... although I only heard 2 call ins. The most interesting was Ryan's old high school coach from Philly. 2 interesting facts I learned was that Matt ran the triple option and called 90% of the plays in the huddle in high school. Its a good thing he didn't play at GT...he never would have survived.

I have an extra ticket to the Georgia - Georgia Tech game I've been having an unexpectedly hard time to find a taker for . Don't know if its the start time (8:00 pm), the holidays, or what but I've decided to open it up to Falcoholics since this only football blog I post on. its free to a good home. I'll be sitting next to you in the upper level end zone at Bobby Dodd bundled up like an eskimo. 

I'm an FSU fan but grew up pulling for the Jackets. So, I'll be wearing white and gold for this one but I've got nothing against Bulldogs generally. I even pull for them a little bit. 

Interested falcoholics can email me at joonke57@hotmail.com

I remember there was talk of this a while back but it didn't seem all that likely to happen to me. I guess I underestimated the situation. This quote from McKay really made it seem like a foregone conclusion that the Dome is on its way out.

the Georgia Dome is no longer in the team's long-term plans.

And further...

The Atlanta Business Chronicle reported Sept. 4 The Sembler Co., based in St. Petersburg, is trying to secure the General Motors Plant in Doraville, where the developer would set aside 100 acres for an open-air stadium for the Falcons.

 

I think the Dome deal runs until 2025 so we'll have a few more years of indoor football. Although football was meant to be played outdoors, I must admit the Dome has made the Peach  Chick fil a Bowl much more pleasant

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2009/09/07/daily6.html

Not trying to stir up Vick controversy, just wondering what folks think about this possibility. It must have come up. They're interviewing Danny Boy after all. I think if anybody can straighten Vick out, its Dan.

 

Niners interested in Vick

And now the 41 words this board requires

There are several differences between a football game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms. Also, there are usually more casualties in a football game. The object of the game is to move a ball past the other team's goal line. This counts as six points. No points are given for lacerations, contusions, or abrasions, but then no points are deducted, either. Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.    
-Alfred Hitchcock